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SAP Intelligent RPA for Developers

SAP Intelligent RPA for Developers

By : Madhuvarshi, Ganugula
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SAP Intelligent RPA for Developers

SAP Intelligent RPA for Developers

By: Madhuvarshi, Ganugula

Overview of this book

SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation (RPA) enables businesses to automate repetitive work and integrate automation capabilities across SAP and non-SAP systems. This book provides end-to-end coverage of business process automation using SAP Intelligent RPA and shows how to build multiple SAP Intelligent RPA projects from start to finish. Some of these projects may build upon the work done in previous chapters to showcase the Agile development process in SAP Intelligent RPA. As you progress, you'll cover the SAP Intelligent RPA factory, Desktop Studio, Cloud Studio, and the Bot store. You'll also learn about the building blocks of the SAP Intelligent RPA solution and creating bots from initial application declaration to workflow design and deployment, along with making bots run in attended and unattended modes. You'll also learn about SAP Process Automation, the new SAP service that is going to replace the SAP Intelligent RPA service soon. Finally, we will discuss the migration path for your SAP Intelligent RPA projects to SAP Process Automation and showcase that the RPA development remains similar in both services. By the end of this RPA book, you’ll be able to create and manage complex bots that are capable of interacting with SAP and non-SAP systems.
Table of Contents (39 chapters)
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Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
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Prologue – SAP Process Automation Service
Prologue – SAP Process Automation Service
Understanding the SPA service
Transitioning to SPA from SAP Intelligent RPA
Where to begin and look for help when needed
Summary
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Part 1: Introduction to SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation
Part 1: Introduction to SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation
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Chapter 1: SAP Intelligent RPA Architecture and Components
Chapter 1: SAP Intelligent RPA Architecture and Components
Technical requirements
A brief history of SAP Intelligent RPA
The core components of SAP Intelligent RPA
The relationship between Intelligent RPA components
Why SAP Intelligent RPA?
Where to find help when needed
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 2: An Overview of SAP Intelligent RPA Cloud Factory
Chapter 2: An Overview of SAP Intelligent RPA Cloud Factory
Technical requirements
Environments
Agents and agent groups
Projects and packages
Triggers
Monitoring
Configuration
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 3: Installing SAP Intelligent RPA On-Premise Components
Chapter 3: Installing SAP Intelligent RPA On-Premise Components
Technical requirements
Supported operating systems
Minimum system and network requirements
Supported browsers
Supported technologies for automation
Installing SAP Intelligent RPA on-premise components
Installing Remote Tools for Visual Studio
Installing a source code comparison tool
Supported languages
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 4: Setting Up SAP Intelligent RPA On-Premise Components
Chapter 4: Setting Up SAP Intelligent RPA On-Premise Components
Technical requirements
Registering the Desktop Agent tenant
Configuring the web browser extension
Verifying the installation of on-premise components
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 5: An Overview of Desktop Studio
Chapter 5: An Overview of Desktop Studio
Technical requirements
Introduction to perspectives in Desktop Studio
Introduction to the Explorer perspective – capturing applications
Introduction to the Workflow perspective – connecting applications to create automation
Introduction to the Editor perspective – developing automation further
Introduction to the Debug perspective – testing automation and making tweaks
Introduction to the UI Designer perspective – developing visual add-ons (optional)
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 6: An Overview of Desktop Agent
Chapter 6: An Overview of Desktop Agent
Technical requirements
How Desktop Agent works
Exploring the Desktop Agent tabs
Common issues and their resolutions
Summary
Questions
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Part 2: Installing and Setting Up SAP Intelligent RPA
Part 2: Installing and Setting Up SAP Intelligent RPA
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Chapter 7: An Overview of Cloud Studio
Chapter 7: An Overview of Cloud Studio
Technical requirements
Cloud Studio's place in the SAP Intelligent RPA world
Designing automation solutions with Cloud Studio
Reusing packages from Desktop Studio in Cloud Studio
Deploying packages and projects from Cloud Studio
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 8: An Introduction to SAP Spotlight and Signavio
Chapter 8: An Introduction to SAP Spotlight and Signavio
Technical requirements
Introducing SAP Spotlight
Introducing Signavio
Summary
Questions
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Part 3: Developing Bots with Desktop Studio
Part 3: Developing Bots with Desktop Studio
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Chapter 9: Desktop Studio Perspectives
Chapter 9: Desktop Studio Perspectives
Technical requirements
The Explorer perspective
The Workflow perspective
The UI Designer perspective
The Editor perspective
The Debug perspective
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 10: Creating and Managing Projects
Chapter 10: Creating and Managing Projects
Technical requirements
Creating a new project and updating projects
Exploring the project structure and folder organization
Editing project details
Archiving a project
Exporting a project for deployment into the SAP Intelligent RPA tenant
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 11: An Introduction to Technology Connectors
Chapter 11: An Introduction to Technology Connectors
Technical requirements
Introduction to technology connectors
The Win32 connector
The Web connector
The UI Automation connector
The SAP GUI connector
The SAPUI5 and S/4HANA connector
The Java/SWG connector
The HLLAPI connector
The OCR connector
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 12: Capturing and Declaring Applications, Pages, and Items
Chapter 12: Capturing and Declaring Applications, Pages, and Items
Technical requirements
Starting your first automation project
Capturing applications and pages
Defining the criteria for applications and pages
Defining UI elements/controls
Variable declaration
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 13: Designing Scenarios
Chapter 13: Designing Scenarios
Technical requirements
Creating your first workflow
Activities to handle applications
Activities to handle pages and page transitions
Activities to interact with UI controls
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 14: Advanced Criteria Definition
Chapter 14: Advanced Criteria Definition
Technical requirements
Setting parameters for advanced recognition
Refining criteria in the Criteria panel
Capturing repeated elements
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 15: Controlling Workflows and Scenarios
Chapter 15: Controlling Workflows and Scenarios
Technical requirements
Creating reusable scenarios
Creating a workflow with loops and conditional flows
Adding loops to the workflow
Adding a conditional flows to the workflow
Reusing scenarios and passing data
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 16: Designing Custom Pages with UI Designer
Chapter 16: Designing Custom Pages with UI Designer
Technical requirements
Creating custom pages
Designing custom pages
Using the custom pages in a workflow
Summary
Questions
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Part 4: Generating and Updating the JavaScript Code
Part 4: Generating and Updating the JavaScript Code
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Chapter 17: Generating Code
Chapter 17: Generating Code
Technical requirements
Building the project to generate the source files
Introducing the SDK
Exploring source code structure and source files
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 18: An Introduction to Desktop SDK
Chapter 18: An Introduction to Desktop SDK
Technical requirements
Exploring the Desktop SDK core classes
Understanding the SSO class
Summary
Questions
Further reading
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Chapter 19: SDK Extension Libraries
Chapter 19: SDK Extension Libraries
Technical requirements
Using the Microsoft Office extensions
Extracting information from PDF documents
Learning about the technology-specific extensions
Summary
Questions
Further reading
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Chapter 20: Managing Environment Variables
Chapter 20: Managing Environment Variables
Technical requirements
Creating environment variables
Reading environment variables
Summary
Questions
Further reading
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Part 5: Building and Running Projects
Part 5: Building and Running Projects
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Chapter 21: Building Projects
Chapter 21: Building Projects
Technical requirements
Revising the Vendor Invoice Posting project
Preparing the environment and building the project
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 22: Deploying Projects
Chapter 22: Deploying Projects
Technical requirements
Managing environments, agents, and agent groups
Packaging and importing the project into the Cloud Factory
Adding triggers for the package
Updating the package versions
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 23: Debugging Projects
Chapter 23: Debugging Projects
Technical requirements
Debugging the project in the Desktop Studio
Running the deployed project from the Desktop Agent
Summary
Questions
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Part 6: Orchestrating Workflows with Cloud Studio
Part 6: Orchestrating Workflows with Cloud Studio
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Chapter 24: Development Using Cloud Studio
Chapter 24: Development Using Cloud Studio
Technical requirements
An overview of Cloud Studio
Capturing and declaring applications
Designing automation
SDK packages and Custom script development
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 25: Reusability of Packages Across Multiple Solutions
Chapter 25: Reusability of Packages Across Multiple Solutions
Technical requirements
Reusing packages developed by Desktop Studio
Exporting projects from Cloud Studio
Deploying projects developed in Cloud Studio
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 26: An Introduction to Process Recorder
Chapter 26: An Introduction to Process Recorder
Technical requirements
Introducing process Recorder
Summary
Questions
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Part 7: SAP Intelligent RPA Store, Roadmap, and SAP BTP Automation Services
Part 7: SAP Intelligent RPA Store, Roadmap, and SAP BTP Automation Services
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Chapter 27: SAP Intelligent RPA Store
Chapter 27: SAP Intelligent RPA Store
Technical requirements
Getting a package from the Store
Deploying the Store package
Downloading and modifying the Store package
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 28: SAP Intelligent RPA – Future Roadmap and Automation-Related Services
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Chapter 28: SAP Intelligent RPA – Future Roadmap and Automation-Related Services
Technical requirements
New and upcoming features in SAP IRPA
SAP Business Technology Platform overview
Complementary automation services for SAP IRPA in SAP BTP
Summary
Questions
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Chapter 28: SAP Intelligent RPA – Future Roadmap and Automation-Related Services

Since SAP acquired Contextor and renamed it SAP Intelligent RPA (SAP IRPA) in 2018, the product has grown continuously. We have looked at the launch of IRPA 2.0, a built-in PDF reader OCR and text detector, the bot store, and, recently, Process Recorder. While we expect this growth to continue, it will help to know SAP's plans so that we can schedule our development effort accordingly. There is no point in developing something bespoke if SAP plans to launch that feature soon. Therefore, we will devote this chapter to understanding SAP's plans for future developments of SAP IRPA.

SAP IRPA is a service that runs on the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP). Therefore, we will also take a quick look at SAP BTP, its primary constructs, and some of the essential services you should know as a SAP IRPA developer.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

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